Blog : Food Bank of Delaware

April 1, 2015

Nutritious food can be fun, tasty and easy to fix!

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator An inviting aroma of freshly-cooked food greeted guests who walked into the Milford State Service Center on Friday morning. That’s because Laura McAllister, a WIC…

March 30, 2015

Senior Cooking Class with Chef Tim

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator You’re never too old to learn something new, and the dozen Kent County senior citizens who participated in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Senior Cooking…

March 27, 2015

Backpacks are a hit at Reily Brown Elementary School

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator More than half the students at W. Reily Brown Elementary School get a backpack full of weekend meals to take home with them each Friday….

March 18, 2015

J.G. Townsend Jr. & Company donates close to 60,000 pounds of frozen produce to Food Bank of Delaware

Remember Talley’s blog from a few weeks ago announcing a donation of 40,000 pounds of fresh, locally-grown produce from J.G. Towsend Jr. & Company? Well, we are excited to announce that…

March 11, 2015

Kickin’ it with Calcium at Bancroft Elementary

Who doesn’t want strong bones and muscles? Fourth graders at Bancroft Elementary were certainly excited about the prospect of having strong bones and muscles from consuming more calcium! A group…

March 10, 2015

Entries for Coming Together Multimedia Creative Challenge due April 3

The Food Bank of Delaware and Brae’s Brown Bags’ are encouraging Delaware students to use their creativity to help spark community change. Entries for the first-ever Coming Together Multimedia Creative…

March 4, 2015

Introducing… the Produce Access Program (part 2)

Did you miss part one? Click here to read it! By Matt Talley, Produce Access Coordinator After my initial visit to J.G. Townsend Jr. & Co., I wasn’t quite sure…

February 26, 2015

Introducing… The Produce Access Program

By Matt Talley, Produce Access Coordinator “New Castle County straddles I-95 and the Boston-Washington Corridor, which is the most densely populated and urbanized area of the country.” I was explaining…

February 24, 2015

Culinary Student Spotlight: Andre Coston

The Newark culinary class is currently in week five of fourteen, but student Andre Coston is already looking forward to his two-week internship starting in week 12 and full-time employment…

February 23, 2015

Become ServSafe® Certified at the Food Bank of Delaware

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Starting last month, the Food Bank of Delaware began offering ServSafe® food manager training to the general public. It’s the first time the instructor-led program has been provided…